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City of Belleville looking for spruce trees

It many not even be Thanksgiving yet but the City of Belleville is already looking ahead to the holiday season. The city is seeking donations of large spruce trees for its annual Festival of Lights pr...

Alana Cameron Oct 05, 2021 Colorado Blue Spruce (Photo: Wikipedia)

Trent-Severn locks to reopen for Thanksgiving weekend

The entire Trent-Severn Waterway will be reopen for its last weekend of the season. Unusually high levels of rain recently necessitated a temporary closure of Lock 1 Trenton to Lock 27 Young's Point w...

Alana Cameron Oct 05, 2021

Traffic disruption for weeks ahead

The City of Belleville would like to advise residents that beginning tomorrow, traffic at the intersection of Herchimer Avenue and Dundas Street East will be shifted to allow for the installation of a...

Mary Thomas Oct 05, 2021

Drive thru fair raises $ for three PEC organizations

The Prince Edward Agricultural Society's second annual drive-thru event at the Picton Fairgrounds last month raised $5,000 for local charities. With the Picton Fair postponed for a second year due to ...

Alana Cameron Oct 05, 2021 Pictured in front of the Crystal Palace at the Picton Fairgrounds from left: Phil Prinzen, PEC Council’s representative to the Agricultural Society; Larry Everall, president of the PE Ag Society; Shannon Coull, executive director of the PECMH Foundation; Linda Downey from the Storehouse Foodbank; Tina Hiddink, treasurer and secretary for the PE Ag Society and Ellen Brownbill, treasurer of the Picton United Church Foodbank. (Photo: submitted/Briar Boyce)

Public can participate in shoreline study

Quinte Conservation, in partnership with local municipalities and the federal government, has started a shoreline study that aims to collect information to aid in further protection of Bay of Quinte a...

Mary Thomas Oct 05, 2021 The Maple Cross Shoreline Reserve on the Eastern Lake Ontario Coast. (Photo: NCC)

NOTICE: Spring Street, Picton construction

NOTICE: Construction on Spring Street (Picton) October 6 The Water and Wastewater Department will be repairing a sanitary sewer lateral at the intersection of Spring Street and James Avenue in Picton....

Alana Cameron Oct 05, 2021

Bursary opportunities for Indigenous students studying locally

A new bursary is available to post-secondary students from the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte First Nation. The Truss Beverage Co. Bursary for Indigenous Students is in partnership with Indspire, a nati...

Alana Cameron Oct 05, 2021

Survey supports colleges offering three-year degrees

A new poll says nearly 70% of Ontario residents support three-year degrees at Ontario's colleges. The Ontario colleges, which include Loyalist College in Belleville, offer a mix of four-year, two-year...

Mary Thomas Oct 05, 2021 The main entrance to the Kente Building at Loyalist College in Belleville. (Photo: David Foot / Quinte News)

New partnership for Loyalist College

Loyalist College has entered into a partnership with GreenCentre Canada to support innovation in sustainable chemistry and advanced materials. The Memorandum of Understanding will see the college and ...

Alana Cameron Oct 05, 2021

Tuesday COVID-19 update

There were three new cases of COVID-19 reported Tuesday in Hastings and Prince Edward counties. The HPE Public Health dashboard shows all three new cases were found in unvaccinated people. Two of the ...

John Spitters Oct 05, 2021